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A sensational collection of stories of the American experience from the Depression to the aftermath of 9/11, by one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.

" Drinking a toast to the visible world, his impending disappearance from it be damned. " That s how John Updike describes one of his elderly protagonists in this, his final collection of short stories. He might have been writing about himself. In "My Father s Tears, " the author... Read Full Overview

A sensational collection of stories of the American experience from the Depression to the aftermath of 9/11, by one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.

John Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father's Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel.

"Personal Archaeology"... Read Full Overview

John Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father's Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel.

"Personal Archaeology"... Read Full Overview